Chapter 14

"Alright! Then I'll trouble you," Xu Jie nodded and smiled bitterly.

"Teacher, don't say that, otherwise the student will have the face to see someone again!" Zhang Juzheng said in fear. Although the relationship with Xu Jie is not as good as before, Zhang Juzheng has not forgotten the grace of promotion and teaching, and now Xu Jie said this, how can he afford it.

"Okay, good, your mind is clear for the teacher!" Xu Jie waved his hand and smiled, and there was finally a little more comfort in his lonely heart: "Uncle, the hour is not early, you should go on an errand earlier because there are many cabinet affairs!" Go back for the teacher! ”

Zhang Juzheng knew that the current Xu Jie needed to calm down, and he didn't pretend, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then the student will visit you again in the evening!" ”

Although the capital is prosperous, there is an empty square within a thousand steps outside the palace, followed by his own sedan chair, Xu Jie walked in front, and for the first time felt that this empty square was so deserted, is this the end of his life.

Just three days later, Xu Jie left, not known to outsiders, only Zhang Juzheng came to see him off, and now he has been disheartened and no longer has the mind to struggle.

But as soon as he left, the entire court fell into chaos, not because the cabinet was out of order, but because of the fact that he was in a desperate struggle without gunpowder smoke for entering the cabinet.

It is said that when Emperor Longqing first ascended the throne, there were five auxiliary ministers, the first assistant Xu Jie, the second assistant Li Chunfang, and then Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Juzheng, but because of the battle between Gao Gong and Xu Jie, Gao Gong Guo Pu resigned and returned to his hometown together, and in the blink of an eye, only the remaining three remained.

For Gao Gong's resignation, Emperor Longqing was very reluctant in his heart, and he had been thinking that one day after the government was stable, Gao Gong would be recruited back into the cabinet, and after defeating Gao Gong, Xu Jie intended to monopolize power, and he was not willing to select ministers into the cabinet at all, you must know that the rights are endless, who knows if the selected person will be his enemy in the future, so the two of them were silent, and three years have passed in a blink of an eye, but there are still only these three people in the cabinet.

For the great Ming Dynasty, the three of them are indeed a little less, but Xu Jie's means are good, and he has cultivated a group of small officials with good ability to handle errands, and he has followed Zhang Juzheng's suggestion to achieve classified handling of affairs.

After three years of running-in, this system has become more and more mature, and now although Xu Jie is less in charge, all affairs are still carried out in an orderly manner.

But there are only two ministers left in the cabinet, and this power is really a little too concentrated, so many officials are not old fritters, and you don't have to guess to know that Emperor Longqing will definitely not be happy to see this situation, and he will definitely select ministers to join the cabinet, in case the cabinet ministers' power is too big and causes trouble.

In this way, all the officials who consciously have some qualifications have crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and they all want to plunge into the cabinet when they sharpen their heads, and for a while, the threshold of all the princes and nobles who are connected with the palace changes every few days, and from sunrise to sunset, there is an endless stream of people who come to visit.

Among them, there are two families in the courtyard like a downtown area, and there are so many people who visit that they have to wait in line to receive them, one of them is the current Guozhang, Li Guifei's father Li Guozhang, and the other is Feng Bao's big mansion outside the palace.

Li Guozhang is an honest man, and his daughter in the palace often sends people to remind him to be a low-key person. Although he is now in a prominent position, he has always been cautious in his actions, and the officials of the imperial court will not bother him if they are idle, and now all of a sudden, although Li Guozhang does not know why, but he also knows that things are extraordinary, and immediately sent someone into the palace to ask what is going on and how to deal with it in the name of sending some pastries to his daughter.

Li Guifei's reply soon arrived in Li Guozhang's hands, looking at the content of the letter, Li Guozhang also had a bottom in his heart, and pursued the two 'no' principles given by his daughter to deal with the people who came to visit the door without discrimination, that is, not to agree, not to refuse.

Everyone is not a fool, as soon as Li Guozhang made this move, many people knew that this road was not working, and they were not nostalgic, so they turned their heads and went to visit Feng Bao, the director of Dongchang Factory.

is not like Li Guozhang, Feng Bao, who is facing such a situation, is overjoyed, not to mention what it will be like to gather so many people under his command, just now the meeting gifts they give themselves make themselves a fortune.

"Overseer, the imperial envoy Ouyang Jingzhi asks to see you!" A restrained-eyed fanzi came in to report that Feng Bao, who had a good life, a high position and a powerful position, and countless enemies, cherished his life very much, and in this mansion, there were no less than 100 loyal and strong Dongchang fans to protect him.

Hearing Ouyang Jingzhi's name, Feng Bao couldn't help frowning, and asked with some uncertainty: "You mean that Ouyang Jingzhi, the imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate, asked to see our family!" ”

"Back to the Lord's words, it is Lord Ouyang, this is the name card he handed over!" As he spoke, Fanzi handed a gilded name card to Feng Bao.

Feng Bao took it and took a closer look, and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, it's really feng shui in turn!" I didn't expect that even Ouyang Jingzhi would come back to join our family, hahaha! The expression was full of pride, and a sense of satisfaction arose, you must know that this Ouyang Jingzhi is Xu Jie's right-hand man, in the past few years, he has not known how many officials' black gauze hats he has taken off with a mouth, and now even he has lowered his body and handed over the name post to ask to see him, and invisibly raised his status by a few points.

"Overseer, see him or not!" Fanzi asked cautiously, Song Qingyang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Lord Song has always been a guest of his father-in-law, but this Ouyang Jingzhi is the opponent of Lord Song, in Fanzi's mind, Feng Bao is very likely not to see Ouyang Jingzhi.

However, he really thought highly of Feng Bao's character. Although he attaches great importance to Song Qingyang, but a talent like Ouyang Jingzhi is even more of a talent that he dreams of recruiting under his command, Dongchang's detective skills and the crow's mouth of the Shangdu Procuratorate are simply the sharpest killer combination in the officialdom, once they are mastered, they can be said to be invincible in the world.

However, Feng Bao also had worries in his heart, that is, Ouyang Jingzhi's influence in the emperor's mind, you must know that this old guy has served Xu Jie, before and after the saddle, he has served Xu Jie, and he doesn't know how many errands have offended Emperor Longqing's eyebrows, and he has made friends with him, so he really has to think about the emperor's reaction.

After pondering for a while, Feng Bao finally decided to meet him, after all, the temptation to accept Ouyang Jingzhi's service under his command was too great, even if he didn't dare to use him now, it was okay to keep him by his side for the time being.

"See, why don't you see, hurry up, please!" Feng Bao raised his head and ordered, although Fanzi was a little confused, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he turned around and went out in response.

Coming to find Feng Bao, Ouyang Jingzhi was also forced to be helpless, he was a person of Xu Jie, known to the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty, in the past few years, he has offended many people by pulling the banner of Xu Jie, and now Xu Jie's whole body is far away from the court, and his life is sad.

In just a few days, Ouyang Jingzhi already felt that danger was coming